Posted on 05/11/2005 12:15:34 PM PDT by holymoly
"Police officials say Capt. Stanley Wood was training with the department's new assault rifle when he fired a round into the hood of the supervisors' patrol car. "
Wonder if the Supervisor was sitting in it. Also wonder what his last performance rating was from that Supervisor.
I've shot with a lot of cops over the last few years, so I'm not defending the typical police officer's shooting abilities... lol
But, I can see this easily happening with anyone unfamiliar with the AR-15. Why? I'd guess the officer was practicing firing the rifle from behind the cruiser, using it for cover.
As shown in your picture, the sights on an AR-16 are about 2.5 inches above the axis of the barrel. So, the shooter can actually have the AR-15's sights perfectly on target, but if standing close behind cover, is actually shooting 2.5 inches lower - often directly into whatever he/she is using for cover. Cops are taught to get low behind cover while shooting and expose as little of themselves as possible, making this a likely scenario.
Fletcher J
Not true, AR-15 was Colts original terminology, and applies to both select fire and semi-auto only versions. M-16 is the military designation and, AFAIK, only applies to select fire versioins, regardless of manufacturer. In fact the Belgian company, Fabrique Nationel(sic) makes most of the current -A2 varients in a US plant. Colt makes the M-4 carbine versions. (Last I knew anyway).
Ping (duck! up thar in the north country)
I suspect a Captain outranks a Supervisor, but I must confess I'm not all that familiar with police rank structure terminology. Supervisor may be a position or job title rather than a rank.
Actually the AR-15 predates the M-16. I carried an AR-15 in Vietnam in 1962, when it was being tested by the Advanced Research Projects Agency. When the Army adopted it officially, it became the M-16. There were some modifications along the way, so the original AR-15 and the M-16 were not completely identical.
:D
I have to ask...has the car retained counsel yet? This could get ugly.
Barney Fife: "Gee, Andy, can't I have another bullet?"
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